The casualties, incurred during a joint operation against the Ugandan Islamist group Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), make this week one of the deadliest for troops in Congo’s volatile eastern borderlands since a rebel attack in early 2018.

And that is why the local media pay more attention to the ongoing violence than to Ebola: the violence has killed far more people.

The casualties, incurred during a joint operation against the Ugandan Islamist group Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), make this week one of the deadliest for troops in Congo’s volatile eastern borderlands since a rebel attack in early 2018.

And that is why the local media pay more attention to the ongoing violence than to Ebola: the violence has killed far more people.